Baltimore-Washington Facial Plastic Surgeon: Dr. Thomas Le

Dr. Le's practice focuses exclusively in the face and neck. Because of his rigorous training in both head and neck surgery as well as in facial plastic surgery, Dr. Le is exceptionally qualified to deal with cosmetic issues in the face while at the same time safeguarding the function of head and neck structures. A national authority on rhinoplasty (nose reshaping) and revision rhinoplasty, Dr. Le is also highly regarded for his work for the aging face (eyelift, facelift, and necklift surgery), mentoplasty (chin reshaping), and otoplasty (ear reshaping). In addition to managing a premier facial cosmetic surgery practice, Dr. Le serves as a facial reconstructive specialist for the Baltimore, Maryland, Washington D.C., and Northern Virginia area.

Throughout his career, Dr. Le has earned many awards and distinctions bestowed only to the best doctors in a field, including U.S. News & World Report Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Top Doctors (for 6 consecutive years), America's Top Plastic Surgeons by the Consumer Research Council of America, America's Top Physicians by the Consumer Research Council of America, Patients' Choice Award, America's Most Compassionate Doctors, America's Most Honored Professionals Top 1%, and Marquis Who's Who in America.

Dr. Le is currently Medical Director of Baltimore-Washington Facial Plastic Surgery, a practice dedicated to the personalized care of facial plastic patients in a private environment that allows for custom-tailored devotion to patients’ concerns.

Known for his remarkable ability to deliver superior precision in surgical results, Dr. Le provides meticulous attention to detail when evaluating patients, planning and performing operations, and following up after procedures. With a tenacious persistence toward maximizing outcomes, Dr. Le's individualized, special treatment will make you feel like "a close family member." He treats everyone as a whole person and only recommends procedures that yield natural-appearing improvements. With more than 19 years of postgraduate experience in surgery of the head and neck, including 14 years specializing in facial plastic surgery, Dr. Le currently performs several hundred minimally invasive or surgical facial procedures every year. He currently serves on several educational committees for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is a Guest Board Examiner for the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Dr. Le's exceptional surgical results, especially in challenging cases, has brought him referrals from all over the nation and world. His patients have included highly public figures in the television and movie industry, fashion and modeling, sports, politics and lawmaking, and corporate leadership. Dr. Le enjoys caring for patients of all backgrounds and cultures, who often travel great distances for his care from Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and Africa. Dr. Le has been featured in various media venues and is author to multiple journal articles on facial plastic surgical care and is co-author on several books on board exam preparation for medical students.

Prior to founding Baltimore-Washington Facial Plastic Surgery, Dr. Le served in academic (teaching) medicine as Director of Facial Plastic Surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center and Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. During his seven-year tenure at the University of Maryland, Dr. Le directed the University’s first multi-faculty Division of Facial Plastic Surgery and oversaw the creation and development of Maryland Facial Plastic Surgery and Maryland Medical Spa, the cosmetic arms of the Division. He did so while being on continuous call managing one of the nation’s busiest and most complex emergency facial trauma reconstruction practices at the renowned R. Adam Cowley Shock Trauma Center, where the complexity of facial trauma from gang violence, high-speed vehicular injuries, and occupational injuries mimicked battlefield injuries so much that Dr. Le was responsible for training facial trauma surgeons of the United States Armed Forces. He was recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award for the teaching of residents, served as Associate Residency Program Director, and has served as a mentor to the current faculty at multiple universities. After resigning from academic medicine seven years ago to focus exclusively on private aesthetic patient care, Dr. Le continues to enjoy being a benefactor and invited lecturer in the education of residents and medical students at the University of Maryland and other institutions. His expertise in complex revision cases continues to bring him referrals from respected colleagues at the University of Maryland and at other universities.

Dr. Le graduated with highest honors from the University of Louisville School of Medicine, garnering, among other awards, the Kash Award in Anatomy and Neurosciences, the Barbour Award in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and the McGraw-Hill Book Award for the outstanding medical student. His incredible accomplishments gained him early induction as a junior medical student into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha medical honorary society.

Before and during medical school, Dr. Le performed lipoprotein and molecular biology research at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., working under the direction of two former presidents of the American Heart Association.

Dr. Le subsequently completed an internship in General Surgery and a residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at St. Louis University School of Medicine, under the direction of renowned facial cosmetic surgeon J. Regan Thomas, M.D., former president of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS). In residency, Dr. Le logged thousands of facial, head, and neck procedures and won the Resident Research Award.

He then became an instructor and fellow of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Miami in Miami, Fla., a mecca for plastic surgery. During his fellowship, Dr. Le performed hundreds of advanced facial plastic procedures and worked with some of the most well-known facial plastic surgeons in the country, including Robert Simons, M.D. (also a former president of AAFPRS), Richard Davis, M.D., Julio Gallo, M.D., Brian Jewett, M.D., and Jeffrey Epstein, M.D. Subsequent to his excellence as a fellow, Dr. Le was recruited to lead the University of Maryland's Division of Facial Plastic Surgery in the Head and Neck Surgery Department.

Outside his work schedule, Dr. Le enjoys spending time with his family of teenage children as well as supporting his church charities and the Special Olympics Maryland.